Boy, 7, with sickle cell beats coronavirus after killer bug triggered pneumonia on both lungs
A YOUNG boy with sickle cell anemia is close to a full coronavirus recovery — after he received three blood transfusions.
Nasir Striggs, seven, was hospitalized in early April after his mom noticed he was having trouble breathing, according to .
Nasir, from y, , was at a higher risk of contracting the virus because of .
Sickle cell is one of the most common inherited blood disorders, affecting about 100,000 , most of them black, and about 300 million people worldwide.
The hallmark of the disease is periodic episodes in which red blood cells stick together, blocking blood from reaching organs and small blood vessels.
Unguru said that “taking care of a kid with COVID is not easy."
"Starting IV lines when the kid is sick is really hard. Recognizing the importance that we needed to adhere always to the standard of care, but think outside the box and not just jump to wanting to put on a ventilator, which has consequences," he said.
Nasir is one of more than 1,240,600 people who have tested positive for the virus .